Pamukkale, meaning “cotton castle” in Turkish, is a natural site Turkey. It is famous for a carbonate mineral left by the flowing of thermal spring water. The site is famous for terraces made of travertine, a sedimentary rock deposited by mineral water from the hot springs.
Hierapolis became a healing center where doctors (ancient Greek Medicine) used the thermal springs as a treatment for their patients. Hierapolis-Pamukkale is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Hierapolis was founded by the Phrygians and expanded by the Greeks and Romans. At the end of the 2nd century B.C. Hierapolis was already known as a thermal spa. The ruins of the baths, temples, and other Greek monuments can be seen at the site.
One can visit the main street of Hierapolis, The Agora, thermal ancient Pools in Hierapolis still in use, Tomb of Philip the Apostle, Hierapolis , The main street, Frontinus Gate, The Theatre, The Sanctuary of Apollo, The Nymphaeum, The Roman Baths, now the Archaeology Museum, Basilica baths. The Martyrium was alleged to have been built upon the spot where Philip was crucified in AD 80.
A notable resident of Hierapolis was Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher from Phrygia and was a disabled slave who wrote Handbook of Epictetus, an amazing self-improvement book.
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